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Haiti aid chopper crashes, two Americans killed

Two Americans were killed when their helicopter, which was participating in aid and recovery operations in earthquake-hit Haiti, crashed in the Dominican Republic, aviation authorities said on Friday.

 

3 die in medical helicopter crash

3 die in medical helicopter crash

A medical helicopter crashed early Saturday near Doyle, California, killing all three people on board, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.

 

Search ends for missing after midair collision

Authorities have ended a search for nine people missing off southern California since Thursday when a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter collided.

 

Plane, helicopter collide over Pacific; 9 are missing

A Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine helicopter over the Pacific Ocean near Southern California on Thursday evening, officials said.

 

Chopper crashes kill 14 Americans in Afghanistan

Two choppers collide in the south, and a third goes down in the wake of a firefight in the west. Among the dead are three civilian contractors.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Eleven U.S. troops and three American civilian contractors were killed in two separate helicopter crashes today, inflicting one of the war's heaviest one-day losses on U.S.

 

9 die as small plane, helicopter collide above Hudson River off Manhattan

9 die as small plane, helicopter collide above Hudson River off Manhattan

Murky water hampers the search for victims after the crash of the private plane and sightseeing copter, which occurred in uncontrolled airspace.

 

S. Korean police storm occupied auto factory

S. Korean police storm occupied auto factory

Helicopter-borne police commandos fought a pitched battle with militant strikers at an ailing South Korean automaker Wednesday, ...

 

Reports: Chopper crash at Afghan base kills 15

Reports: Chopper crash at Afghan base kills 15

A civilian helicopter crashed at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, military officials said. Russia's air transportation agency reported 15 people died.

 

U.S. Marines launch major offensive in Afghanistan

Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan ...

 

Navy Helicopter With 5 Aboard Crashes Off San Diego Coast

The Coast Guard says a Navy helicopter with five people aboard has crashed into the ocean 13 miles south of San Diego near the Coronado Islands.

 

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